Doug Jewell wrote:
measekite wrote:
We all know that the Digital Rebel XSi has an edge on the very fine
Nikon D60.

And the Nikon D300 (for a big wad of cash) has an edge on the Canon 40D.

And nobody knows how th3 Nikon D700 will compare against the Canon
5DMKII (or whatever they will call it)

But how do you think the new Nikon D90 Will share out against the
Canon 50D.

And how will the new Canon 18-200 compare agaqinst Nikon 18-200.
It should be interesting reading reviews in the upcoming months.
Put it this way - regardless of which brand you buy, it won't be long
and then there will be a camera from the other brand which will be
better, and you'll be tempted to say "i wish I bought xxxx instead". But
then the brand you bought will have a new model and you'll say "I'm glad
I bought xxxx".
Then there's the Sony and Pentax offerings, which arguably offer better
features for the money than the Nikon & Canon cameras.

On thing to consider is that 3rd partly lenses are always available in
Canon and Nikon fit, but the range is much more limited for other makes
of cameras. Hence that is a good practical reason to chose Canon or
Nikon and not Pentax or some other lesser makes. If you buy a cheaper
(i.e. not Nikon or Canon) you are more likely to want to buy cheaper
(i.e. 3rd party) lenses.


I always liked the concept of the Tamron Adaptal system, which was nice
for me as I changed from Practica M42 to Nikon, but I've since sold all
my Tamron lenses. But I think Tamron have abandoned that now, so if you
buy a new lens you have to order to fit a Nikon, Canon or whatever.

I've got Nikon myself, but as you say, both Nikon and Canon are very
good, and clearly share the top spot for a while. Neither is
consistently better than the other.

If someone asked me what DSLR to get, I would also say choose a Nikon or
Canon for the reason of lens availability. For a point and shoot, I
would consider the cameras on their merits more, with less regard to who
made them.